Car-fender.



SHERWOOD.

- GAR FENDER.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1909. 953,064.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

8 E 01/ e5 Aerwoo c/- anoenfon Gum/m1 EARL SHERWOOD, OF HONESDALE,PENNSYLVANIA.

' CAB-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1909. Serial No. 489,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL SHERWOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-Ionesdale, in the county of Wayne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders,

' of which the following is a specification.

posltion.

' and trip A further object of the invention is to so mount and combineand connect the scoo that when the scoop is depressed by the action ofthe trip, said scoop is locked in its depressed position and held downwith considerable ressure.

A further object of t e invention is to provide means of a simplecharacter whereby the scoop is locked in both its elevated and depressedpositions and also ada ted to swing with the truck so as to f0 low thecurvature of the track.

A further object of the invention is to arrange the trip in such mannerthat it will be easily operated by children as well as adults and eitherby small or large objects; furthermore the trip is adapted to be foldedupward out of the way so as to clear all kinds of obstructions such asdeep snow and the like.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will morefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, show ing a portion of a car platform and one of the trucks,with the improved car fender and its operating mechanism appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig.

3 is a detail perspective view of the runner and a portion of the slideand connecting rod.

, Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a car platform, 2 the dash atone end thereof and 3 the forward portion of one of the truck frames,one of the wheels of which is indicated at 4.

The scoop indicated at 5 is substantially L-shaped and is mounted for upand down movement preferably on the truck frame 3 by providing the scoopat opposite sides with knuckles 6 which fit over pins 7 formed onbrackets 8 secured to the truck frame 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, saidpins 7 being horizontally disposed so as to enable the projectingportion of the scoo 5 to be elevated and depressed as indicate by fulland dotted lines in Fig. 1. This also causes the scoop as a whole toswing with the truck 3, causin said scoop to follow curves in the track,independently of the platform 1 beneath which the trucks swing in theusual manner. The scoop comprises an upright sleeve 9 in which ismounted the journal or vertical pivot portion 10 of a lever arm which isbent as shown in Fig. 1 to comprise two horizontal portions 11 and 12and an intermediate inclined portion 13, said lever arm, as a wholeextending forward toward the end of the platform.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, in order to provide for alimited adjustment of the lever arm upward and downward to suitdifferent cars, said lever arm is provided with a shoulder or fixedcollar 14 beneath which one or more washers 15 are adapted to be placed,said washers encircling the journal or pivot 10 and being interposedbetween the shoulder 14 and the upper end of the sleeve 9, While thelower end of the pivot or journal 11 has a nut 16 or its equivalentplaced thereon to hold the arm connected to the scoop.

Pivotally mounted on the platform 1 is a trip 17 consisting of an oblongrectangular frame which hangs in a pendent position beneath the platformand is secured pivotally thereto at 18 to swing on a horizontal axis asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. In order to adapt said trip to beoperated by objects both large and small the trip comprises upper andlower horizontal cross bars 19 and 20 thus insuring the operation of thetrip by any object on the track in advance of the fender.

21 designates a slide in the form of a bar operating through guides 22fastened to the platform frame as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, said slidehaving secured to its rear end an eye 23 which is shown :in detail inFig. 3 wherein it will be observed that said eye is oblong in shape andhas its inner surface Patented Mar. 29, .1910.

rounded as at 24 so asto slide readily on the lever arm above describedand accommodate itself to the horizontal and inclined portions of saidarm as it slides lengthwise of the arm. It will also be noted that theeye 23 is disposed in an inclined plane substantially at right angles tothe plane of the inclined portion 13 of the lever arm so that said eyeis adapted to readily slide along the inclined portion of the lever armas well as the horizontal portions thereof. A connecting rod 25 ispivotally attached at its forward end at the point 26 to the trip 17 andis also pivotally connected at 27 to the eye 23 so that as the tripswings back and forth a corresponding movement is imparted to the slide21.

28 designates a flexible scoop-setting connection which may consist of achain havin one end connected to the forward end of the slide 21 at thepoint 29, said connection extending around a guide pulley 30 and upwardthrough a chain pipe 31 on the car platform and being provided at itsfree end with a stop 32 to prevent the chain or connection from passingentirely downward through such pipe.

In operation, when the trip 17 comes in contact with a person or objecton the track, said trip is caused to swing rearwardly and operatesthrough the connecting rod 25 to move the slide 21 rearward. This causesthe eye or runner 23 to .move backward along the lever arm from thelower horizontal portion 12 along the inclined portion 13 to the upperhorizontal portion 11. This acts to depress the lever arm andcorrespondingly depress the scoop from the full line position of Fig. 1to the dotted line position of the same figure and this depressingoperation may be effected at any time whether the truck frame 3 is inline with the plat form frame or at an angle thereto owing to thejointed connection between said lever arm and the scoop. It will benoted that the trip and its connections swing upward in close proximityto the truck frame so as to allow the body to pass on to the depressedscoop. In case of a heavy snow or other obstructions on the track, thetrip 17 may be swung to the forward dotted line position shown in Fig. 1to enable the same to clear the snow or other obstructions when this isdesirable or necessary. The position of the stop 32 indicates when thescoop is depressed and the motorman may reset the fender scoop bypulling upward on the connection 28 until it assumes the position shownin Fig. 1.

It will be noted that by means of the construction described, thescoop-is held locked both in its depressed position and in its elevatedposition and when held depressed, the pressure is suflicient to hold theforward edge of the scoop in firm sliding contact with the surface ofthe ground, thereby preventing any object, however small, from gettingcaught beneath the edge of the scoop. At its forward edge, the scoop ispreferably provided with a rubber strip 33, which rides in contact withthe ground and comes in contact with the person or body as the latter istaken up by the scoop.

\Vhen a child is struck by the trip, the latter swings back to theposition 19 of Fig. 1, causing the eye or runner 23 to slide along theinclined portion 13 up to the horizontal portion 11 of the lever arm.hen a larger object such as an adult is struck by the trip, the lattermay swing up to the position 19", forcing the runner or eye 13 backwardalong the horizontal portion 11. When a loaded car has a fender ontherear platform and an obstruction strikes its trip, the latter swingsoutward as'at 19 and the runner or eye 23 slides back on the horizontalportion 12 of the lever arm and prevents injury to the trip.

1. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing laterally beneath the car platform, a'

trip mounted for movement under the platform, and means embodying alever arm carried by a vertical bearing provided'on the scoop and arunner actuated by the trip and cooperating with said lever arm in suchmanner that the movement of the trip serves to depress the fender scoop.

2. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing laterally beneath the car, a trip mounted for movementunder the car platform, a lever arm carried by a vertical bearingprovided on the scoop and a trip operated element cooperating with saidlever arm in such manner that the movement of the trip serves to depressthe fender scoop.

3. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing laterally beneath the car platform, a trip mounted formovement under the platform, a lever arm having a jointed connectionwith the scoop, and a runner actuated by said lever arm and connectedwith the trip in such manner that the movement of the trip and runnerserves to depress the fender scoop.

4. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing laterally beneath the car platform, a trip mounted formovement under the platform, a lever arm carried by a vertical bearingprovided on the scoop, and a runner connected with the trip andcooperating with said arm in such manner that the movement of the tripand runner serves to depress the fender scoop.

5. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing therewith beneath the car platform,- a

trip mounted for movement on the platform, a lever arm connected withthe scoop and provided with an inclined portion and a horizontalportion, and a runner connected with the trip and cooperating with saidarm in such manner that the movement of the trip serves to depress thefender scoop and lock the same depressed.

6. A car fender scoop mounted for up and down movement on a car andadapted to swing therewith beneath the car platform, a trip mounted formovement on the platform, a lever on the scoop provided with an inclinedportion and two horizontal portions,

and a runner connected with the trip and co 15 In testimon whereof Iaffix my signature 20 in presence 0 two witnesses.

EARL SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

T. LLOYD MooKABEE, ROBERT N. JONES.

